Woman sells her 12-year-old daughter for $500 to be wife of deranged man

A mother is accused of selling her minor daughter for $500 to be the wife of a deranged man, according to police reports.

The 12-year-old girl from Guizhou, a southwestern Chinese province, was sold by her mother for 3,500 yuan or about $551 to a family that needed a wife for a mentally deranged son.

The girl, named Jia Jia, was sold in August of last year in her hometown in Pingba County, to a woman surnamed Xu in Guiyang, the provincial capital.

She was forced to have sex with the 30-year-old son of XU until her uncle rescued her a year later.

The mother, surnamed Cai, gave birth to Jia Jia when she was 15 years old. Her uncle took care of the girl, but Cai was taken from her uncle in August of last year, claiming she had to go work at a restaurant.

Both Cai and Xu denied knowing it was illegal to trade people.

Xu told reporters: "I was eager to find a wife for my son and I did not know I was breaking the law."

The two women were arrested for trafficking and Xu's son was arrested on charges of rape, according to the report.

The son of Xu said that his mother forced him to sleep with the girl. A medical examination revealed that the girl had been sexually assaulted at a young age and may be infertile as a result, according to the report.

After discovering Jia Jia had been sold, his uncle called the family, saying that his grandfather was ill and insisted that the girl go. When Jia Jia arrived home in August, the uncle refused to let her go.

He called police when Xu, her son and other relatives tried to abduct her.